get_class Returns the name of the class of an object &reftitle.description; stringget_class objectobject&null; Gets the name of the class of the given object. &reftitle.parameters; object The tested object. This parameter may be omitted when inside a class. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns the name of the class of which object is an instance. Returns &false; if object is not an object. If object is omitted when inside a class, the name of that class is returned. &reftitle.errors; If get_class is called with anything other than an object, an E_WARNING level error is raised. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; Since 5.3.0 &null; became the default value for object, so passing &null; to object now has the same result as not passing any value. Since 5.0.0 The class name is returned in its original notation. Since 5.0.0 The object parameter is optional if called from the object's method. &reftitle.examples; name(); ?> ]]> &example.outputs; ]]> &example.outputs; &reftitle.seealso; get_called_class get_parent_class gettype is_subclass_of